Vol. 36 No. 2 (2023): Revista ION
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Design of a sieve tray tower for ammonia absorption

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  • Amaury Pérez Sánchez,
  • Maria Isabel La Rosa Veliz,
  • Zamira María Sarduy Rodríguez,
  • Eddy Javier Pérez Sánchez,
  • Elizabeth Ranero Gonzalez
Amaury Pérez Sánchez
Universidad de Camagüey
Maria Isabel La Rosa Veliz
Universidad de Camagüey
Zamira María Sarduy Rodríguez
Universidad de Camagüey,
Eddy Javier Pérez Sánchez
Empresa Servicios Automotores S.A
Elizabeth Ranero Gonzalez
Universidad de Camagüey
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18273/revion.v36n2-2023005

Published 2023-06-30

Keywords

  • Absorption,
  • Ammonia,
  • Murphree tray efficiency,
  • Pressure drop,
  • Sieve tray tower

How to Cite

Pérez Sánchez, A., La Rosa Veliz, M. I. ., Sarduy Rodríguez, Z. M. ., Pérez Sánchez, E. J. ., & Ranero Gonzalez, E. . (2023). Design of a sieve tray tower for ammonia absorption. Revista ION, 36(2), 63–82. https://doi.org/10.18273/revion.v36n2-2023005

Copyright (c) 2023 Amaury Pérez Sánchez, Maria Isabel La Rosa Veliz, Zamira María Sarduy Rodríguez, Eddy Javier Pérez Sánchez, Elizabeth Ranero Gonzalez

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Abstract

Tray towers are essentially vertical cylinders in which the liquid and gas are contacted in staged operation on plates, and are useful for distillation and absorption processes. In the present paper the design of a sieve tray tower was carried out for the physical absorption of ammonia using water as the solvent. The calculated values for the tower diameter, gas-pressure drop per tray, entrainment mass flowrate and entrainment-corrected Murphree tray efficiency were 0.962 m; 0.683 kPa/tray; 0.102 kg/s and 0.796 respectively. The calculated values for both the gas-pressure drop per tray and the entrainment mass flowrate are lower than the limits established by the process; therefore, the designed sieve tray tower can be successfully employed for the required mass transfer service.

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